Pediatrics published research on the characteristics of pain in children with cerebral palsy. A cross sectional study was completed on 252 youth ages 3-19 years old, their families and their physicians. The results indicated the following: 54.8% reported some pain on the Health Utilities Index 3 24.4% of the caregivers reporting that their child experienced […]

July 30, 2013/by Your Therapy Source

Pain and Cerebral Palsy

A recent study assessed the pain of 153 participants (8 -18 years old). The majority of the children had bilateral spastic cerebral palsy (55%) followed by 38% with unilateral spastic, 6% dyskinetic and 1% ataxic. Gross Motor Function Measures varied from Level I through V with the majority of children in Levels I and II. […]

October 24, 2011/by Your Therapy Source

Pain in Children with Cerebral Palsy

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